I started modding about a month ago when I succesfully changed my keyboard LEDs. (small start)

Me, minus the 1337 5|<!11z = mistakes and problems .

One of my on-going project is my mouse. This is a plain IBM mouse. I opened it, and almost destroyed the innocent little mouse.


I made the wheel out of 4 layers of acrylic. (I got them from my bro, they're really thin) So super-glue them together, and I got this:


(Yes, it's square and ugly )

Now comes the hard part. I drilled and rounded that thing with sandpaper with my own hands. Just gotta use my hands since I've got no proper tools. And the result:






Like I've mentioned, I almost destroyed the mouse. Realised the yellow wires which leads to the red LED in the opened mouse? I took the LED off the board and tried to solder a blue LED only to find out that there isn't enough power to light it up. And I failed to solder the red one back!
Actually, I intend to make something like the smaller mouse, a light up wheel (it's gonna be blue. Gonna change the existing red LED to blue too). And the blue led with light up my wheel to something like this :


Will have to wait for my blue LEDs to complete this mouse project.
So now my itchy hands are "destroying" my computer. Will have more updates soon

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: May 1 2008, 07:57 PM

this will be VERY interesting to see.

i like the effort u did with the wheel mouse. looks good with the light...

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Apr 10 2007, 06:26 PM

wow... nice...
r u really a gurl?
btw, wont the scroll mouse be Hard since it's acrylic?

Thank you

LOL ya... I'm a girl.
No change of "feel" in scrolling. It's just like normal.

never tot that mouse oso can be modded..

anyway nice job
hope that little innocent ibm mouse serve u well..

niceeeeeeeeee

how bout spraying the mouse with metallic color...look better...i sprayed mine matte black

wow hard to see a female modder around
kudos for the job done...even drilled the acrylic and sanded with your hands o.O

dont scare later your hands not smooth anymore?

This IS cool. Hmm, blue LEDs need a higher voltage than most other colours, maybe you can tap the wires from the mouse cable instead?
http://www.bbdsoft.com/keyboard.html

Connect the positive to Vcc and the negative to ground. Remember to use a resistor in between because 5v is too much for ANY LED. I don't think leaving the original LED connection blank would do anything.

Anything can be modded. It's a good mouse, will try hard to revive it even if it's dead.

I sprayed it, just didn't upload the pic. (Now uploaded in this post) Even had a matching keyboard

My hands are the worlds best multi-purpose tool.

Yup... realised that. So will directly connect from the power source with a resistor. Btw, my mouse is a USB.

More pics:

very good mooding u done even u done hav proper tools...
good job...really wait for d update

Very nice. USB is also 5v and even easier, red is 5v positive and black is GND.

wow...
good, i tot it will giv u a big difference in the scroll mouse.

It reminds me of Flintstones....

No hard feeling ya...

where's the other wheel?

This post has been edited by z3r0717: Apr 10 2007, 10:59 PM

Wow...dun realise this pro o2jammer can even mod!
If i'm not mistaken she joined the o2jam competition during launching of WoW @ lyp?
btw, the mouse and keyboard look really nice!!

LOL... no hard feelings. I even told my bro that I felt like returning to stone age doing this.

Haha... ya, Vista launch. But lost in the first round.

I need a little help here. Can anyone tell me how a CM 80mm silent blue led fan suppose to work/look like?
Cos I got 2 of them from wongshuyan from the garage sales and the leds are blinking. Could it be faulty?

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 10 2007, 11:34 PM

blinking? i think got problem. lol

Bad day then... he said it's in excellent condition. http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=435711&hl=
Just got it a while ago. He turned up late and now the fan's faulty.
The one week warranty just isn't worth it. Sending those fans back to him will cost me more than fixing them.

Lets turn my bad luck into some other fortune. Hmm... will try to see what I can do with that 2 faulty fan.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 10 2007, 11:56 PM

I betcha AllnGap's ears are starting to tingle now

you have access into my head is it ar ???


anyway to TS, just let me know what you want to do with the LEDs.......i'll give you tips on how to enhance the lighting effect

you plug the fans directly into your mobo ??
If yes, the fans aren't faulty. Just disable the temperature control for the fans at your bios

Yea... hope to learn more from all the sifus from LYN.
Once I upload the pics of my compy, then it's easier to get the idea of what I'm trying to do.

Isit? Will try.
Thanks soooooo much for the info. Appreciate it

EDIT: Didn't work. Or maybe I'm too noob to get it right at first attempt. Will google up and see if I did anything wrong. Thanks for the good info anyway.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 11 2007, 01:06 AM

have u tried plugging the fans directly into the PSU? if the LEDs are still blinking then most likely theyre faulty.

didn't work?

aiks...or perhaps you could try plugging the fan directly through the molex with the molex - 3 pin converter(assuming the seller did give you this) just to see whether the LEDs are fine or not.

He gave me only the fans, nothing else.

So it's a sign that I get to strip the fans and let my itchy hands play with them.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 11 2007, 02:34 PM

Time for some updates.

Yesterday's fan... my itchy hands CUT OFF the wires. Great, I murdered the fans' tails and chopped them into pieces. ( dismantle it for cleaning lar ) So the fans are cleaned, from greyish back to crystal clear. (No pics... cam phone can't differentiate the little changes). And since I've cut off the wires I took batteries and tested them. They're still blinking. Then decided to temporary fix them up before I get my hands on more LEDs.
So I connected them parallel to a 3-pin, to my surprise, they never blink anymore. but only 3 leds of each fan lights up. Nevermind... temporary fans.





Back to my computer. Started off with the side panel. No major mod though.
Plain black side panel, taped with tapes, tapes and loads more tapes. ( Forgotten to take pics) Then sprayed like a crazy monkey and, wala! an ugly side panel :



Nevermind the ugliness... it's temporary. Went out to get the MAGIC material. Came home, sit down and continued on my side panel.


Hard work to get some shine there.

At the same time, sprayed the top of my casing and the other side where there's a window. (No pix, sorry)

While waiting for every layer to dry. 2 really hyper hands can't stop, so the next victim... a Memory Stick Reader!! ( anything can be modded) When I bought it, there was some black printed words on it. Armed with a small knife, *scratch scratch scratch*, black wordings GONE!!



Hands still hyper, so *etch etch etch*.



White... too plain, not attractive. I've got no red/yellow paint. *Digs into treasure box* Ahhhh... water colour pencil.
Coloured, add 2 layers of clear spray... Tada! Red flames
(Yes yes... I'm obsessed over flames and lights)



Still something missing... *dig dig dig* Two tiny holes to tie a strap. (no strap for me... so I tied my monkey there)



Wheeeeee~ more updates coming...

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 11 2007, 02:37 PM

wow.. i've got to say not bad for a gurl modder.. very nice and creative.. but a gurl obsessed with flames and fire..
keep up the work gurl

@TS
the edge of flame is white spray paint or sth else?

You get shocks all the time.
More to come

Spray paint gives me an ugly look like the first pic without the line. So the magic is a silver marker.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 11 2007, 06:13 PM

of cos.. it's rare to see gurls in MALAYSIA tat interest modding.. btw can ask , how old r u?

haha apsal mau tnya umur dia bro? mau ngorat ke btw nice mod u done..can make my pendrive flame2 too later

boleh juga.

I'm 1 year older than you...

Haha... pendrive have penskin.

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More updates now. For pics which I've missed out before this.
Nekkid keyboard when I took everything out for spray painting.


Blue, Yellow and Red! Semangat patriotisme.
No, actually, if all blue, not enough power to light up.


I didn't take pictures of my computer before I strip it so I had to dig for my old pics which was taken when I first got my computer.







(So sorry lar , all old pics, not recent-before-mod pics)
The cables are not very messy, but also not very managed. I'll leave cable management last, but I don't intend to spend for it, so no rounded cables and no sleeving.

So... sprayed my fan. (Aiyak , little blurry)



White so that when I install LEDs next time, it'll shine more brightly from the reflection. Can't wait to get those blue LEDs from AllnGap

Updates on hard disk cooler fan and a little bit of front decoration either tonight or tomorrow. Stay tuned!!

lolz... hmmm.. can consider also.
got bf?

nice mods u got there.. cool

This post has been edited by z3r0717: Apr 11 2007, 07:04 PM

cool man...err girl ....really rare to see girls doing mods here or anywhere else for that matter

as a guy i really salute

i dont really expect a girl to be so creative........

actually gurls is creative....
nice job there pmmonkey...
nvr thought to mod the pdrive...
good works...
keep update really wan 2 c other modding

Amazing mods... keep it up... hope to see alot more... represent the gurls modding world to the guys around here

Hee hee~

Generally, not many girls will like computer with masculine look. I myself liked those pure white casing, simple and nice. (Didn't get it ) Just that 7 months of holidays made my hands so itchy especially after looking at all the mods around here.

*Salute back to the master of bling bling*

It's an ugly made in Taiwan MS card reader. Removed the printed words then it looked even uglier, so just made some pattern there.

Not much more actually, and no major modding. Not a big big project. That's why it's just my "small-time" mods.

Thanks for the support guys. Sorry no updates today. Been out whole day, just reached home and very tired. Felt like slumping into bed and die.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 24 2007, 10:27 PM

what did u do to ur keyboard...u spray it or what?

lol...... why??

Wei brother, here is Casing Modification, not Cupid's Corner larr

Anyway, to the TS, nice mod. Really respect your creativity.

Yes, it's sprayed like the mouse.

Not a typical girl . And nothing close to a beauty.


Thank you thank you.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 12 2007, 09:07 PM

whats the keyboard ori color b4 u spray it?

hahaha.. sry sry.. off topic d.

The keyboard is black. Only did two stripes for it, same two stripes for the mouse.

oic..forgot bout the blue stripe

Whee~ back for more updates.

Remember the front look? Fugly with that milky coloured CD-RW.


Now it no longer has that ugly different colour look.
And my cheapo modding style is gonna be revealed. Low cost decoration at the front panel.

Firstly, I changed the position of the DVDs and multi card reader. Then there's a gap between the two DVDs. Sooooooo... to fill it up...

A thin and small piece of acrylic, cut to size and slid in. Ahh... the supposed result isn't reached yet. Blue LEDs will do the trick (waiting for the day I'll get my LEDs, cannot wait liao!!)









EDIT: Too many images than allowed *breaks post*

Next:
This is a 120mm fan holder. It came together with the casing and is suppose to be placed above the HDD, inside. I took it out, sand off the gray coating using a some 1000 grit sandpaper (in one direction), and polished it a little. There's the nice fine lines.



Then, I cut a small piece of acrylic, the size of the "fan holder". (I think the best way to cut smaller sized acrylic is to scratch a line a break it) And drew my design on it. ( I curi the idea from some other place and blend it with my own flames, then cut with my trusty knife)

Before tearing out the protective sheet, I cut and tear off the design part then used sand paper to blur out the design... err... if you don't get what I mean, look at the piece of completed acrylic below, then hopefully you'll understand.





Then screw it to the fan holder. Screw up the support and screw it onto the rack and it's done. (So much screw )






So there you go... two easy and cost saving front panel deco. Will take pics of the LEDs effect after I fix them up. Cheers.

Oops... I forgot about the HDD cooler. Post next update

Wao.... ur cutting skill no joke la.. How can u able to cut till so nice? anyway, nice job N keen to see more of ur work. hehe

nice work excellent.since that you like flame so much wouldn't it be more suitable to use red led instead of blue?it would look erm.....more compatible....just my 2 cents....gonna try that out when i get acrylic for my casing......hard to find acrylic in penang. they all sell in big sizes only

This post has been edited by cskeong: Apr 13 2007, 04:15 PM

really like the way u done to fan holder.....very creative

nice cutting job

maybe u should add some lighting effect so that those flame cutting will be more exposeable..

Actually... since it's a straight line, just scratch a deep line and break it. It breaks perfectly.

Hmm... heard of blue flames? those on the stove are blue, they're more hawt!

Thank you... thank you. It's way better than just letting it collect dust sitting in the computer unused.

I've planned to add LEDs. All blue, everywhere. That's after I buy them from the master of bling bling - AllnGap.

wow, nice cheap arylic solution, you just gave me idea for my KH project hehe

thx

Cheap solutions come from how you could manipulate what you have to make something new

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Kay now... HDD cooler's turn.

At first, I thought that there's no point for me to have any HDD cooler. But then... why not, since I have this powerful fan lying unused.

So sprayed the fan blades white. (Hee...hee~ blue LEDs later)
More acrylic work, minus the right tools. I'm not too sure about the accuracy, so I just had to draw lines here and there so that it's 100% perfect.

Now,
with a cheapo drill and a 4mm drill bit,
some old newspapers,
minus the safety gears/protection, the right tools or the right way to do it,
I present you... pmmonkey's not so conventional way of drilling.



I initially planned for it to have aligned holes, so that I wouldn't need any fan grille. Then I decided that, there's no use to it, who's the idiot putting his/her hands in there anyway. So... I drilled all round. (Gimme the right tools, I swear I could do wonders!!)


And this is after sanding... WITH SANDPAPER! (Meh... blurry)


To be continued...

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 14 2007, 01:34 PM

Fan in... slid nicely into compy.







With flash


Without flash


And covered. (see, no moron could put his/her hands in )

And the best thing is... this is only half done. I'm awaiting the days where I'll add LEDs (OMG I lurve lights)

Err... and the bad thing is... there wasn't any connector for this fan, so I took off the wires from a 4 pin molex and just joined and masked it. Temporary lar ... gonna add switch some more.



So here's the front and right panel for now.




Working on the left panel... nothing major and nothing special.
Thanks for reading.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 14 2007, 06:16 PM

Wow wow not bad , ur modding mods , not bad as a starter

a lady which luvz modding and flame lights.


anyway any chance youll be making a hdd cooler like that anymore. was thinking of 1 like that but then dun knw where to find it.

Wah...very hardworking la u..u are a girl summore..huhu..i wonder how do u shape the wheel..very nice job..thumbs up!

There are still lots to improve on.

It's just something simple. Probably you can make one on your own.
Get the right tools, and everything will seem so simple.

I'm not really hardworking, I've lotsa time.

This is a 80mm Seada fan isn't it? Very nice modding job-one whole matching set. Gonna mod your monitor to match the rest of the set? How does the other side of the case look like (with window right?)

Thinking of modding my wireless optical mose to match the rest of my set-all black. Hope the paint won't peel off from all the handling the mouse will go through. Or maybe I should take an idea from you and just use a black marker on the mouse-like u did with the silver market to cover your paint outlines.

Yes, it's an 80mm, but I don't know what brand. Found it unused, so, just simply peeled of the sticker and took apart everything for cleaning and spraying.
The other side is already a window. That's why nothing important there.
I'm not gonna touch my monitor because I'm planning to get an LCD. Something with a silver frame, so maybe I can just add blue lines onto it

If you're gonna spray your whole mouse, I think sanding it abit should help. Then spray many thin layers instead of one thick layer. 2 more layers of clear spray should help it last longer. Beware of black marker, they'll probably turn purplish and stain your hand. The silver marker is actually paint marker. So no problems.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 14 2007, 09:01 PM

gud modding..mayb sometimes u can bring ur rig to lanparty..

My rig...
Cannot bring to LAN party!!
Buat malu only lar...

or mintak from me?? =D

and credit my name here for the acrylic maa

This post has been edited by dj.eRicZzz: Apr 14 2007, 10:06 PM

Because you never use... campak on the floor.

eh eh..wanted to use that for my rc la..

Thanks for the tip. Yeah, recall using a marker to colour something once, yes it turned purplish after some time. Was planning to clear spray it after I painted it (black marker or otherwise). Anyway will take my time and try on other things first.

Hmm she's good... what you used to glue the fan holder for the hdd cooler? Look as thought it'll snapped any moment ... like your ideas, creative...

Happy modding

Normal super glue. So far nothing happened, didn't break yet , screws are all tight, fan is strong, and my HDD is happy and cool .

Yeh... i used superglue before, damn tough but blurred the acrylic... haha i saw the thing bend with the weight of the fan so a bit it might drop

Not the weight of the fan, fan is light. Probably force from the sides. But then again... it's strong and so far perfect.

Did you sand the dragon thingy to give it the blurry look?

Yes, cut and peeled off the protective layer, then sanded with sandpaper.

Sneak peak into my messy compy. I NEED SLEEVING KIT!!

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 15 2007, 04:42 PM

You can always go buy those tubes from ACE, even easier lol, just cut between it and slip the cables in... then use black wire tight to seal the ends.

You mean this type? Too big...
If those transparent water hose, too thick.
Already thought of everything I cna think of.
Best thing should be those sleeving stuffs.

Black color... they have smaller sizes for black ones...

what is the thickness of the acrylic panel that u used? it should be thin and light right?

How much smaller is smaller? Cos I think the white one I have is already quite small.

Super thin, super light. 2mm only.
Don't need those thick ones cos I don't bend it, there's also no heavy duty use.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 15 2007, 08:56 PM

can tell where u bought the acrylic panels? (sorry, i didnt read all the pages of this thread).

Never buy. Stole from my bro.

ah ha ha ha....

This small.. ngam ngam can cover the wires...



p/s: i also wire management retard

This post has been edited by Acey: Apr 15 2007, 09:34 PM

but looks like still a bit crowded. anyway to use those plastic ties to tie the bunch of cables together?

OMFG... thanks for the pic.
I think I'll fork out some money getting sleeves.